I've been following this series with great enthusiasm. Thanks for this, Nijay.
May I suggest two things that would be really nice for us newbies to this level of commentary (but enthusiastic about the subject)? One is to see how the different commentaries approach the same point in the book they're covering. This is useful to me when comparing Bible versions—how X Study Bible comments, say, Jeremiah 29 and how Y Study Bible does it. That gives me a sense of the scope, flavor, and texture of the commentary that is difficult to notice with a bird's-eye view.
The second really nice thing here would be to differentiate commentary series, especially when it's the same author (say, a hypothetical theologian I've been following who has written commentaries on Galatians across diverse series…). So I have Christopher Wright's Story of God commentary on Exodus—how different is his approach in the book recommended here? Those things would be neat add-ons, but the series has been mighty interesting. Thanks!
I have a little orange book where I talk about some of this, but you are asking good questions. Unfortunately, this series won't address that, sorry. https://amzn.to/4eHC3Yo
P.S. Since I've already weighed you down with marginal questions… I remembered today that Scot McKnight, in his Story of God book on the Sermon on the Mount, tells us what book he would buy that very night if his entire library burned down. I'd love to know, if that fits here, what commentary you would buy back at once if your own library disappeared. Thanks for engaging Scripture in such a fruitful way!
Thanks..I will check in to the info..
I've been following this series with great enthusiasm. Thanks for this, Nijay.
May I suggest two things that would be really nice for us newbies to this level of commentary (but enthusiastic about the subject)? One is to see how the different commentaries approach the same point in the book they're covering. This is useful to me when comparing Bible versions—how X Study Bible comments, say, Jeremiah 29 and how Y Study Bible does it. That gives me a sense of the scope, flavor, and texture of the commentary that is difficult to notice with a bird's-eye view.
The second really nice thing here would be to differentiate commentary series, especially when it's the same author (say, a hypothetical theologian I've been following who has written commentaries on Galatians across diverse series…). So I have Christopher Wright's Story of God commentary on Exodus—how different is his approach in the book recommended here? Those things would be neat add-ons, but the series has been mighty interesting. Thanks!
I have a little orange book where I talk about some of this, but you are asking good questions. Unfortunately, this series won't address that, sorry. https://amzn.to/4eHC3Yo
P.S. Since I've already weighed you down with marginal questions… I remembered today that Scot McKnight, in his Story of God book on the Sermon on the Mount, tells us what book he would buy that very night if his entire library burned down. I'd love to know, if that fits here, what commentary you would buy back at once if your own library disappeared. Thanks for engaging Scripture in such a fruitful way!
Wonderful! I'll definitely look into that little orange book. Thanks!
I love Richter’s work!
Appreciate all these posts, created my lists for my ever growing library. ❤️
Any suggestions for Exodus?
There was a recent post on Exodus here:
https://nijaykgupta.substack.com/p/experts-recommend-ot-commentaries-319